Thank you for the reply. Perhaps I should have specified my question a bit better, but making the assumption that the application in use would push the computers to flex its muscles, what would the differences be in real world terms? For example, rendering an HD video. Would the difference be mere seconds? Or many seconds? Or even minutes?
I was setting up an i7 P55 860 2.8 GHz hackint0sh the other day just for fun and Geekbench score was around 9600. I was using 1300 MHz DDR3 though compared to the slower RAM in the Mac so I guess the numbers will be lower for the new iMac. My guesstimate is around 8000-8300 because I think they will also slightly detune it for thermal reasons. We'll see.
Slightly overclocking the i7 860 to 3 GHz netted 10'900+ Geekbench points.
Screenshot:
http://www.trick77.com/2009/10/03/dsdt-dsl-aml-gigabyte-p55-ud3/
(that's with oc from 2.8 to 3 GHz, not stock!)
Carressa: Now that the hoopla has died down a bit? What are your thoughts on the machine? Worth the purchase? Rather have the 7? Happy with the 5?
I'm curious since you've had it a day or so to play with..
No sane person would overclock an iMac![]()
Well acutally its far better than I had hoped. The screen is just amazing I could really see the difference when sitting next to our 24" iMac. Going into it I was worried about all the problems and all the hype. But last night sitting there with every program I owned running smoothly without so much as a hiccup and the machine sitting there not even at 30% load... I'm not talking easy on the machine apps, i'm talking imovie,photoshop,iTunes,Vmware, WoW, Handbrake and all the others I can't seem to remember right nowall running something at the same time...and had tons of CPU left!! And no heat problems and no HD grinding noises.. it was beautiful!
Do I wish I had the i7? Nope.. this i5 is going to cover my needs beautifully. I'm not out for bragging rights...I just want a good machine that rocks the apps I use on a daily basis. And hey, playing my games fully cranked was pretty dang nice!
Worth the money? Oh hell ya! I am one happy woman!
No sane person would overclock an iMac![]()
It depends on which generation you are talking about; now that the GPU and CPU have dedicated heatsinks some (minimal) OC'ing may be possible given the slightly raised thermal envelope.
Congratulations to all new iMac owners.
Can anyone please confirm the harddrive model used in the 27 inch iMacs?
I just ordered the i7!!! omg im sooo pumped!!
10.6.1 and earlier don't support the new P55 chipset. Apple updated the kernel for 10.6.2 (to Darwin 10.2.0).
Wait, does that mean that the recovery discs that come with the quad iMacs are already 10.6.2?
Wait, does that mean that the recovery discs that come with the quad iMacs are already 10.6.2?
I assume so... it simply can't be 10.6.0/10.6.1 because it simply wouldn't work. The new i5/i7 CPU IDs are not known to the older kernel (-> reboot loop).
Well acutally its far better than I had hoped. The screen is just amazing I could really see the difference when sitting next to our 24" iMac. Going into it I was worried about all the problems and all the hype. But last night sitting there with every program I owned running smoothly without so much as a hiccup and the machine sitting there not even at 30% load... I'm not talking easy on the machine apps, i'm talking imovie,photoshop,iTunes,Vmware, WoW, Handbrake and all the others I can't seem to remember right nowall running something at the same time...and had tons of CPU left!! And no heat problems and no HD grinding noises.. it was beautiful!
Do I wish I had the i7? Nope.. this i5 is going to cover my needs beautifully. I'm not out for bragging rights...I just want a good machine that rocks the apps I use on a daily basis. And hey, playing my games fully cranked was pretty dang nice!
Worth the money? Oh hell ya! I am one happy woman!
Wait, does that mean that the recovery discs that come with the quad iMacs are already 10.6.2?
Just to verify yes the recovery disc is Mac OS Version 10.6.2
looking at it right now.
Thank you very much Carressa... can't wait - and I must wait until January
I'ma gonna cry...